Finding Your Purpose with David and Mechelle Freeman / DEKA
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The Freemans have a family mantra. It reads “I’m smart. I’m strong. I’m beautiful. I can do anything.” Parents David and Mechelle crafted the mantra for their kids, one of the many topics we cover in today’s SpartanUp DEKA Series episode where hosts Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp talk with the Freeman’s about…
-Mechelle’s journey to leaving her job to train full-time for the Olympics
-The moment David realized his purpose and how you can find yours too
-The difference between a motivator and a maximizer
-Mechells’ process for attaching discipline from her athletic career to her role as a parent
-The five pillars for success: mindset, sleep, stress management, nutrition and movement
About the Freeman’s...
David Freeman is a health and fitness professional with 10+ years in the fitness industry. He is the National Program Leader for Alpha Training with Life Time The Healthy Way of Life Company and has been featured on the cover of Experience Life Magazine, and in Men’s Health and Men’s Journal Magazine.
Mechelle Freeman is a 2008 Olympic Sprinter and is a speed and mindset coach helping to optimize mind and body performance. She is the Assistant Relays Coach for USA Track and Field National Teams and is the Founder of TrackGirlz, a nonprofit organization empowering girls through track and field. David and Mechelle are parents to Bayne (7) and Harley (5), and live in Frisco, TX.
Connect with the Freemans:
- Watch on Youtube
- David’s Instagram: @freezy30
- David’s Facebook
- Mechelle’s Instagram: @mechellelewisfreeman
- Mechelle’s Twitter @mclewis1
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| 0:00.0 | if faith is your core principle and you're along the journey and you get to a spot where it's kind of shaky, |
| 0:06.2 | you're going to have to be so grounded in that faith that it can't be unmoved. |
| 0:11.8 | And if you're until you're ready for that and you really believe this in this court principle and you're really going for it until you're in that space that it's going to be hard for you to continue on that journey so you have to understand exactly who you are, what matters, what you stand for, what you don't fall for. |
| 0:26.0 | From there you can now have the vision, right? So now I can think big because I know my belief system is uncompromised. |
| 0:34.0 | Welcome to the Spartan Deca series on Spartan Up with Jared Coswell director of |
| 0:39.2 | sport and Nancy Cope director of programming. What's up Spartans? |
| 0:44.0 | Welcome to the Decid Series on the Spartan Up Podcast. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm your co-host Jarrett Kogswell, along with my brother, Yansi Kulp.. And today I'll tell you what guys, we have true role models |
| 0:59.2 | that are not only amazing parents, but they are an inspiration to fitness enthusiasts all |
| 1:06.0 | over the globe. I'm talking about David and Michelle Freeman. |
| 1:11.2 | Today's episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Better Help. |
| 1:14.4 | Spartan Up listeners can save 10% on their first month by going to BetterHelp.com |
| 1:18.9 | slash Spartan. |
| 1:21.5 | So welcome David and Michelle Freeman to the show. |
| 1:26.6 | David, as you may know, is a former track star, |
| 1:30.3 | football star, all around great dad, and I'll tell you what he has been leading the |
| 1:36.7 | charge over at Lifetime Athletic Club as their Alpha training director for many years now. |
| 1:44.0 | And Michelle, oh, what's Michelle all about? |
| 1:46.8 | She's just a world-class athlete, |
| 1:49.6 | former track and field Olympian. And you what I looked up something about Michelle today on |
| 1:56.4 | LinkedIn I wanted to get a little more a little more dirt on Michelle and I found out |
| 2:00.8 | this okay she's a wife to a rock star, a mom of two superheroes, |
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